True. The rule is at least very clear on that: "1K members: If you are a 1K member based on 2010 activity, you will still be eligible to earn two Regional Upgrades per quarter in 2011. In addition, under the new program changes announced on Nov. 16, you will also receive two more Regional Upgrades when you reach 75,000 EQM/90 EQS and two at every 25,000 EQM/30EQS after that. However, the quarterly earning process will end on December 31, 2011. So, in 2012 you will not earn the quarterly upgrades and will begin earning the Regional Upgrades at the 75,000 EQM/90ECS level."

As I said: the effect is very personal. Every year I have received the max number of CR1s under the old rule and have had to lose a few every year because they just expired. It looks like the same thing is going to occcur to me this year. With UDU in effect, the only time CR1s become truly important is for securing a UG on p.s. except that most of the times when I take p.s. it would be part of a Trans-Pacific trip for which I would request upgrades for every segment (including p.s.) using SWUs. The net effect is that I hardly need my CR1s and hate it every time when I lose them. I just tried sponsoring a UG for a friend of mine who is also UA elite (1P) using my CR1s but he was already waitlisted for a UG under UDU so that I could not even use my CR1 for this (could have if time to travel was longer). The bottom line is that I consider it a positive to just get the number of CR1s that I need, as having to lose those that I did not use has been my one unpleasant experience with CR1s. Now I won't have to worry about it... 4 CR1s will be just about right.